Anti War Protest in Loring Park
Yup, c’est les juifs.
Representative Keith Ellison (DFL-CD5) spoke about our priorities: instead of the war, we should fund health care, et. al., and that we need peace for various constituent groups. No sweat there.
After his appearance, however, a female “Palestinian” gave a speech trying to connect the Iraq War to Israel. According to the speaker, the trouble in the Middle East is due to Israel. She leveled the usual charges of apartheid; that a poll showed people believe that Israel is the problem by a wide margin; Israel has violated United Nations resolutions; there is dissent in the IDF; that Jews such as Norman Finklestein and Noam Chomsky (to the applause of the crowd) are against Israel; there is the question of a Palestinian Arab right of return (but no mention, of course, of a concurrent right of return for Jews expelled from Arab countries); and decried the security wall.
I noticed there were Palestinian Arab flags, a Free Palestine banner, a “Israel out of Palestine” sign, and that Farheen Hakeem was present. She is a member of the Anti-War Committee and was the Green Party Mayoral and Hennepin County Commissioner candidate.
The Socialists were there.
There were Obama supporters in the march, clearly identified. IIRC, there were also Franken supporters. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer was in the march. There were two 911truth signs, and one “Israel is a terrorist state”. The turnout was probably a few hundred for the march. I think a good number were there to hear Rep. Ellison. I didn’t stick around for long after the mujaheed-in-waiting spoke. From the sound of the PA system, the rally concluded at about 3:45.
My fellow Jews who voted for Keith Ellison should know that he appeared on the same stage before an Israel-bashing “Palestinian”. This was to be about the Iraq War, but turned out to be just another excuse to bash the Jewish State. The implication of Jew hatred was evident, and was of no surprise.
And yes, I wore my yarmulke. 
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